Cataract Surgery:

Overall, cataract surgery is considered a very low risk surgery. Though there is no surgery or medical procedures that is considered zero risk, in general, every patient is seeing much better after cataract surgery.

In general, most people after cataract surgery seeing better the next day. However, full visual recovery can be variable, and many patients may need about 2 to 5 days. Your doctor will discuss with you what to expect at a cataract evaluation in terms of recovery of vision, as how soon it will be until you can resume normal activities.

In general, no: once removed a cataract will never grow back. Cataract surgery is a one and done, once-in-a-lifetime kind of surgery that can improve your vision. However, other eye conditions can develop and may later affect your vision.

In general, after cataract surgery in one eye, your surgeon will typically ask you to wait a minimum of 1-2 weeks in order for your vision to adequately recover in the operated eye, before proceeding with surgery in the other eye. This is largely done for the sake of patient safety; your surgeon does not want you, the patient, to be struggling with poor vision in both eyes while recovering from surgery.